[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.

We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.

That was quite an adventure, stopping at a different house each night, seeing new country,.

I'm a strict materialist - but the police are brutal materialists.

Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.

Sometimes you have to do something ugly so that something beautiful can grow.

Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.

I do think 3D has seriously improved, since I was a boy. It's fabulous.

We can never be born enough.

Faith is not a contract. Faith is surrender. If no other relationship in our experience is one of self-surrender, if it's all contractual, people won't know how to believe.

One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.

If you’re worrying about the past, you’ve got a good chance of screwing up the future.

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

Curiosity is the only thing that really carries through time, isn't it? The creative curiosity, I mean, which fights its way into expression?

I want to do something challenging and I want to take risks, but above all, I want people to be entertained...Because the only way of talking about some issues sometimes is through humor.